Lepidemathis

Taxobox
name = "Lepidemathis"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Euophryinae
tribus = Emathini
genus = "Lepidemathis"
genus_authority = Simon, 1903
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Lepidemathis
diversity = 2 species
type_species = "Emathis sericea"
type_species_authority = Simon, 1899
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subdivision_ranks = Species
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"Lepidemathis" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The two described species are endemic to the Philippines.

Species of "Lepidemathis" look like large editions of the related genus "Emathis"Murphy & Murphy 2000: 283] , where the two species were originally described [Platnick 2007] .

"Lepidemathis" is about 10 mm long in females, and up to 13 in males.

Name

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek "lepis" "scale" and the related salticid genus "Emathis".

pecies

* "Lepidemathis haemorrhoidalis" (Simon, 1899) — Philippines
* "Lepidemathis sericea" (Simon, 1899) — Philippines

Footnotes

References

* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. "Malaysian Nature Society", Kuala Lumpur.
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".